Tag: Caucasus

Free Download Franziska Smolnik, Andrea Weiss, "Reconfigurations of Political Space in the Caucasus"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0367729512, 0367236826 | EPUB | pages: 122 | 0.8 mb
In order to analyse configurations of power that transcend the territorial trap, the Caucasus is an excellent case in point. Its past and present exhibit an extraordinary richness in power practices of diverse forms that intersect on various scales. This comprehensive volume offers an innovative procedural perspective on the actual workings of power not necessarily tied to the nation-state. Its focus goes well beyond national scales to tackle the manifold impacts of transboundary flows.

Free Download Rouben, "Countries of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 1903656699 | PDF | pages: 209 | 15.0 mb
This work presents the medieval historical cartography of the south Caucasus. Volume contains 82 mediaeval maps with 24 details from Latin, Byzantine, Islamic, Syriac and Armenian traditions. 98 of these illustrations are in full colour. Co-published by Gomidas Institute (London) and PrintInfo (Yerevan).

Free Download High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt
English | July 20, 2023 | ISBN: 1472294769, 1472294777 | True EPUB | 338 pages | 12 MB
High Caucasus is Tom Parfitt’s wonderfully atmospheric memoir-cum-travel narrative about the 1,000-mile walk he made to lay to rest a ghost. On the 1 September 2004, at the Beslan siege in Russia when Chechen terrorists took more than 1,000 people captive at celebrations held to mark the first day of the school year. Lasting three days, the siege reached a bloody climax when two bombs exploded inside the school and Russian troops stormed the building, sparking a fire in the gymnasium where the captives were held. In the chaos, 334 hostages, more than half of them children (the youngest two years old), died. Never a war correspondent, Tom was emotionally pulverised, and his solution was to turn back to his lifelong love of walking, to a nature cure of sorts. Having long loved the Caucasus, he also wanted to understand why the mountain peoples there, people like the Chechens, were so angry at Russia.

Free Download N. Griffin, "Caucasus: Mountain Men and Holy Wars"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0747236577, 0312308531 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 0.4 mb
"The Caucasus is a jagged land. With Turkey to the west, Iran to the south, and Russia to the north, the Caucasus is trapped between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. If it didn’t already possess the highest mountain range in Europe, the political pressure exerted from all sides would have forced the land to crack and rise. A borderland between Christian and Muslim worlds, the Caucasus is the front line of a fascinating and formidable clash of cultures: Russia versus the predominantly Muslim mountains." "Writer Nicholas Griffin travels to the mountains of the Caucasus to find the root of today’s conflict. Mapping the rise of Islam through myth, history, and politics, this travelogue centers on the story of Imam Shamil, the greatest Muslim warrior of the nineteenth century, who led a twenty-five-year campaign against the invading Russians. Griffin follows the Imam’s legacy into the war-torn present and finds his namesake, the Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, continuing his struggle." Today, the balance of power in the Caucasus is based, as before, on Russia’s relationship with her borderlands and the thorny question of Chechnya’s desire for independence. The matter is complicated by a growing Islamic movement and a reputed 100 billion barrels of Caspian oil. The explosiveness of such a combination has fueled conflict after conflict, and still shows no sign of abating. Caucasus lifts the lid on a little-known but crucially important area of world.

Free Download The Fire Below: How the Caucasus Shaped Russia by Robert Bruce Ware
English | May 9, 2013 | ISBN: 1441107932 | 360 pages | PDF | 2.05 Mb
This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia’s relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia’s development.